Replace request lib?

[cktang88]

Request is really bloated, and since it seems to only be used here to make a simple POST request, we can easily replace it with something lighter like got or axios. See https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=request@2.88.0

[seangenabe]

It is a really simple POST request; I think it can be easily replaced with just a call to require('https').request. request is really bloated and I'd like to see fewer utility packages such as this one using it. It includes a lot of unnecessary stuff to do just a simple call. Additionally I'm getting unnecessary security alerts from request.

Re: #200 #191 we'll have a lot less of these without request

[XhmikosR]

You could make a PR suggesting this change :)

[XhmikosR]

BTW https://packagephobia.now.sh/result?p=coveralls and https://packagephobia.now.sh/result?p=request which means request accounts for most of coveralls' size (~92.7%). IMO this is something that should be definitely looked into pretty soon.

[cktang88]

@nickmerwin thoughts?

[XhmikosR]

Someone should submit a patch. We should definitely do this. Ideally without a lib, but if it's too many changes, we could try using one of the many lightweight alternatives.

Feel free to ping me when you have a PR.

[jaeh]

request 2.88.2 is the last version that will be released,

see:
request/request#3142

i can replace the request lib with the native http module,
the code makes it look very straightforward,
just want to make sure nobody else works on this and that i do not miss anything.

[guimard]

Hi, note also that request has been deprecated

[jimmywarting]

+1 for require('https').request if it's just one simple post request.
looking into ways to reduce my sub dependencies - thats why i'm here

[jtwebman]

Since this library doesn't seem to be supported anymore I fix a bunch of things on a fork if you want to check it out and are still pulling the library into your packages: https://github.com/jtwebman/coveralls-next